Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

There is a gap in the literature on understanding experiences of food insecurity in rural dwelling older adults and the role primary care providers can play in systematically screening older adults for age related food issues. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Screening Family Doctor Mental Health 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To evaluate the effect of brief dermoscopy training on primary care providers' diagnostic accuracy on a test and in clinical practice. Setting: Divisions of Family Medicine and Community Internal Medicine at a large academic medical center in Southeast Minnesota.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Provider Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

o Context or Objective: The UK is witnessing an increase in emergency department use and hospital admissions for children and young people from underserved populations, exacerbated in the UK by continued issues around access to primary care.

Community 130

Community Integrated Care Finance Family Practice 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

At the University of California Los Angeles, the PRIME Leadership and Advocacy (PRIME-LA) program prepares medical students to be leaders and advocates in clinical care, research, or policymaking for marginalized communities. Family Medicine was the most common specialty among alumni respondents (29.9%). Of all respondents, 50.6%

Education 130

Education Medical Student Medical Family Medicine 130

The Health Policy Exchange

JUNE 24, 2013

Envisioned by Seattle pediatrician Abraham Bergman, MD as a way to recruit idealistic young physicians to "doctor deficient" communities throughout the U.S., Are there alternative health policies that could attract primary care and subspecialist physicians to areas where they are most needed? Phillips, Jr.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Community Family Doctor Family Medicine 130

California Academy of Family Physicians (CAFP)

MAY 7, 2025

One of the episodes, Through Thick and Thin, addresses primary care diagnostic uncertainty, persistence, and the quiet power of staying in it together through false starts, frustration, and finally, an answer. She lives in San Francisco with her family. She has a new 13-part documentary series called the Uncertainty in Medicine.

Internal Medicine 130

Internal Medicine Family Physician Primary Care Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Mainland China’s primary care system significantly differs from those in developed countries in design, resources, and capabilities. Setting: Primary care settings in Shanghai, China. Population Studied: Shanghai patients enrolled in the family doctor contract service over the past twelve months.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Family Doctor Families Family 130

Plum Health

JUNE 9, 2025

Donovan Ogboh is a Family Medicine Doctor in Detroit Michigan Dr. Donovan Ogboh is a board-certified family medicine physician with a dedicated interest in preventive care, sports medicine, pediatric care, women’s health, and the ongoing management of chronic conditions.

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Board-Certified Primary Care Family Medicine DO 98

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

We’ve been hearing from family physicians across Minnesota about the rapid pace of recent federal policy changes and concerns about their impact on patient care and the communities we serve. To help you navigate these changes, we’ve compiled a list of timely resources for family physicians. We’d love to hear from you.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Families Family Patient-Centered 52

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

APRIL 24, 2025

Minnesota’s Health Care Homes (HCH) certification program is transforming primary care by recognizing clinics that prioritize patient-centered, team-based care. This free and voluntary program offers significant benefits to clinics, health care professionals and patients across the state.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Board-Certified Patient-Centered Family Medicine 52

Common Sense Family Doctor

JANUARY 19, 2025

Most patients who choose colonoscopy as a screening test for colorectal cancer are referred from primary care to a gastroenterologist or other specialist who performs endoscopy. But that wasn’t the case for the estimated 1 in 15 US patients whose screening colonoscopies were performed by family physicians in 2021.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Families Family Board-Certified 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

In an earlier study, we determined that French-only speakers in some parts of Ottawa face higher travel burdens to access language-concordant care compared to English-speakers. This suggests that there may be public interest in an accessible database of family physicians in Ontario who are accepting new patients.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Families Family Community 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) recognizes the critical role of family medicine (FM) research in primary care and healthcare systems. Engaging researchers and leveraging evidence are essential for addressing the challenges faced by FM and family physicians.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Family Medicine DO Family 130

Common Sense Family Doctor

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Don Berwick's dire warning about the existential threat of greed on the failing American health care system seems to be coming true, to the extent that the brazen assassination of an insurance company executive in midtown Manhattan elicited far more outrage about delayed or denied care than sympathy for his family's loss.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Insurance Patient-Centered Medical Student 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In October 2023, the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) and the Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) announced their strategic plan for family medicine research. One emphasis of the plan is to develop and normalize the team science approach in family medicine research.

Family Medicine 130

Family Medicine DO Families Family 130

Family Physicians of St. Joseph

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Written by Pat Moody on Moody on the Market When it comes to healthcare, and primary care in particular, it has become increasingly difficult to remain successful as a small, independent practice. That has placed them in the rare company of becoming one of the Top Fifteen Under 15 businesses in our community. Joseph, P.C.,

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Family Families Primary Care 52

BMJ

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Borek (Infections & Acute Care Research Group, University of Oxford) Reference: Wanat, M, Boylan, A-M & Borek, A. Value, challenges and practical considerations when designing, conducting and analysing a longitudinal qualitative study in family medicine | Family Medicine and Community Health (bmj.com).

Family Medicine 40

Family Medicine DO Families Family 40

Common Sense Family Doctor

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Family physicians are being squeezed by two accelerating trends: (1) too few of us to care for the growing US population and (2) the rising number of tasks that we are asked to accomplish for each patient. Since 2020, the starting ages for breast, lung, and colorectal cancer screening were lowered to 40, 50, and 45 years, respectively.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Family Physician Preventative Care Preventive Care 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Therapeutic relationships have been demonstrated as fundamental to primary care delivery. The rapid adoption of digital technologies since the onset of COVID-19 has led health care systems to consider or adopt a "digital-first" primary care delivery model. 8 virtual care visits were observed.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Relationship Nurse Practitioner Provider 130

The Physicians Foundation

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Scorecard with National and State Level Data Reveals Workforce Shortages, Low Primary Care Reimbursement, and Reduced Patient Access to Vital Services February 18, 2025 – As the nation faces a widespread surge in chronic diseases, the third Primary Care Scorecard highlights how systemic disinvestment in U.S.

Primary Care 52

Primary Care Chronic Disease Primary Care Physician Nurse Practitioner 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: New ACGME guidelines in Family Medicine Residency training newly encourage training in point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS). Prior studies focus on the perceived needs of learners rather than needs of the patients or communities in which these residents practice.

Community 130

Community Education Family Medicine DO 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: The geographic maldistribution of primary care physicians across rural and underserved areas continues to exacerbate inequitable access to health care for populations with the most needs. Results: Among the 15,851 family physicians in this study, 36.1%

Community 130

Community Education Family Physician Primary Care Physician 130

Logansport Memorial Hospital

JUNE 28, 2024

He is a primary care physician with a passion for providing full-spectrum primary care for his patients. Beginning in August, Dr. Anderson-Been will see patients in LMPN Family Medicine, located on the second floor of Medical Office Building West.

Primary Care Physician 52

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Medicine DO 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: In Ontario, patients who move increasingly keep their family physician (FP) because no one in their new community is accepting new patients, creating long distances to seek primary care. Dataset: The cohort was identified using the April 2023 Primary Care Population Dataset (PCPOP), an ICES-derived database.

Family Physician 130

Family Physician Primary Care Family Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Understanding where Ontario’s family physicians practice and how many can provide language-concordant care to official language minority communities can inform future research and policy development. Outcomes Measured: Prevalence and distribution of community-based family physicians in Ontario (all, and French-speaking).

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Primary Care Family Physician Families 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A recent review of national diabetes treatment guidelines recommended adjustments to DM to reduce financial strain (eg, selecting lower cost medications), as well as directly intervening in response to an identified social need (eg, referral to a community-based service). Setting: Ambulatory clinics (e.g.,

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Diabetes Management Provider 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: After a Samoan patient from New Zealand (NZ) attended a PACE workshop at NAPCRG in 2016 with her general practitioner, she was inspired to set up a Pacific community group to work towards better health outcomes for Pacific people living in South Auckland, NZ. Intervention/Instrument: A community-based participatory research approach.

Community 130

Community General Practitioner Primary Care Consulting 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Successful implementation required the development of a scalable family history collection tool, the Genetic and Wellness Assessment (GWA) and Breast Health Assessment (BHA) tools; integrated pharmacogenomics programming; educational programming; electronic medical record integration; and robust clinical decision support tools.

Community 130

Community Patient-Centered Primary Care Electronics 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Pre-consultation telemedicine tools have been proposed as an effective solution to optimize the care of the growing number of older patients with chronic conditions. However, little information exists on how to successfully implement these tools in the primary care setting. Setting or dataset: Community-based practice.

Primary Care 130

Primary Care Consulting Telemedicine Chronic Condition 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Context: Community-based residency programs (CBRPs), which are defined as Teaching Health Centers (THCs) and programs with Rural Training Track (RTTs), produce physicians that are more likely to practice in rural and other underserved areas. Further, most family medicine residents remain within 50 miles of their residency graduate location.

Primary Care Physician 130

Primary Care Physician Community Finance Primary Care 130

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Hospitals write discharge summaries to family medicine providers. Family medicine is uniquely placed to help, but lacks structures, tools and funding to do so. Objective The GP-MATE study has built a new intervention for family medicine and patients/carers through co-design.

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GP Hospital Family Medicine DO 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

JULY 1, 2025

As many of you understand, our Capitol community is like a family and many of us have worked together for years, if not decades. Words cannot fully express the loss—not only of beloved lives, but of the sense of safety and security that our community has cherished.

Telehealth 66

Telehealth Mental Health Specialization Primary Care 66

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Objective: To measure the impact on healthcare system utilization of an intensive primary care (IPC) service from 2019 through 2022. Intervention: A personal family physician and community health worker were assigned to each consenting patient. Setting: Safety net hospital/clinic system in Fort Worth, Texas.

Utilities 130

Utilities Primary Care Finance Patients 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

A Collaborative Approach Between Health Care Providers and Community Partners Food insecurity affects thousands of Minnesotans, often contributing to chronic health conditions and overall poor health outcomes. Community Partnerships: Mayo Clinic collaborates with local food banks to offer mobile food distributions.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Community Families Family 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Participants were recruited to attend brief (20-30 min) seven monthly one-on-one parenting education modules (safe sleep, infant crying, routines, stress, home safety, discipline, and child development) provided by community health workers. Assessments were developed based on existing research tools including Family Map Inventories.

Education 130

Education Community Primary Care Specialization 130

Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

MAY 6, 2025

The Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians (MAFP) Health Equity Committee has identified a need for an Interpreter Access Task Force to help identify gaps and barriers to interpreter access across the state. The task force will meet 3-5 times within a 12-month period, as determined by the task force chair and MAFP staff.

Family Physician 52

Family Physician Primary Care Telehealth Community 52

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Increasing access to primary care clinicians who are better able to screen and treat pediatric mental health conditions can improve mental health and reduce unnecessary ED visits. Clinicians receiving any support from VMAP tended to be female, <40 years old, and practiced in rural communities. vs. 47.4%, p<0.0001).

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Mental Health Internal Medicine Family Medicine DO 130